Fr. Joseph Angeli
From Italy. Priest of the Diocese of Tacna, Peru. Assigned in Boston MA in 1959 after 27 years in South America, transferred to the San Antonio archdiocese in 1960, was in the Diocese of El Paso by 1965, then the Las Cruces diocese when it was created in 1982. Died 5/4/1993. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 01/19/2011. Per Garabedian, at least one claim settled with the Boston Archdiocese. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database because he was a “visiting priest.” In 12/2015 a woman stated publicly that she was abused as a minor in the early 1960s in Hondo, TX by Angeli; she called on the San Antonio archdiocese to verify her allegations and settle her claim. On the San Antonio archdiocese’s list 1/31/2019. On Las Cruces diocese’s list 6/24/2019. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2024 of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 10, multiple times around 1980. The boy was from Tortugas.
- Boston Daily Globe 03.19.59
- BishopAccountability List of Boston Priests Not Previously Identified 01.19.11
- Boston Channel 01.19.11
- Metrowest Daily News 01.19.11
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- KTSA 12.17.15
- Archdiocese of San Antonio List 01.31.19
- Diocese of Las Cruces List Updated 06.24.19
- Santa Fe New Mexican 07.27.24
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